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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #31 on: January 24, 2017, 08:13:27 pm »
I'm sure this John Willie work of art was used as the cover of a single back in the late 70s/early 80s. I can't remember the band though.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3c/06/d2/3c06d200751af768c359c3421a6908c9.jpg

Anyone remember who this was by?
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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #32 on: January 25, 2017, 05:40:16 pm »
And even more!

The Objex – Bound and Gagged (EP)

https://e.snmc.io/lk/o/l/30de5258f01bac7ad17a09e3c38983c2/2489867.jpg

The Pietasters – are Strapped Live!

https://e.snmc.io/lk/o/l/3b6e2c6b3c972edca67b49bd392b8b21/1250164.jpg

Smell & Quim & Onomatopoeia – Fanny Batter

https://e.snmc.io/lk/o/l/f1d1b1107962a082f1c44bc9cb84d0bb/3614454.jpg

Whitehouse – Quality Time

https://e.snmc.io/lk/o/l/df9e3f8b287144eb21d74b32c49fb49c/1363752.jpg

Various Artists – Charisma Disturbance

https://e.snmc.io/lk/o/l/b4f307ef532f8926879d23b533815fcd/4059823.jpg

Zaliva D – Chemical Climax

https://e.snmc.io/lk/o/l/ffdbe383ede2d7c013e1df66813d7321/1811526.jpg

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo

https://e.snmc.io/lk/o/l/7fb482228a398b4b5eed8eba1af7aa85/2378939.jpg

(a bit abstract this last one, but I think it still counts)
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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #33 on: January 25, 2017, 06:17:50 pm »
Another good round Steve...and, yes, the last one counts.

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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #34 on: January 25, 2017, 07:27:40 pm »
I think I've just about exhausted every avenue of research now. There are still a few that are nagging me however, because I know they exist but I can't find them.

There's the one I mention with the giant and the tiny bound woman on the table, and the John Willie one (I have a feeling the band had the name 'actors' in it, i.e. 'The _______ Actors', although I could be totally wrong about that)

I also have a memory of hearing that Adam & the Ants had a bound woman on the sleeve for one of their earliest singles (before they became famous). I seem to remember quite a furore in the British music press (the NME) about it, with people wingeing about how demeaning it was to women etc. etc. I can't ever remember even seeing the sleeve myself. Does anyone remember this?

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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #35 on: January 25, 2017, 09:29:19 pm »
May not count as not an album - Relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood
Bit BDSM/bondagey single sleeve cover but the video... yeah, that had a few fun moments :D

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/Relax_single.jpg


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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #36 on: January 25, 2017, 09:52:10 pm »
It counts to me MsBehavin!

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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #38 on: January 26, 2017, 06:30:04 pm »
So, now we've got over a hundred covers (albums, EPs and singles) I think we should find out peoples' favourites.

Just tell us which one you like best. If you can't pick just one, then pick a top three, or a top five... or even a top ten if you like.

The only rule is that you  have to give your reasons for choosing that particular cover. ("because I like it" doesn't count as a reason)

I shall look through them all again over the weekend and then let you know my favourite(s).

It would be good if you would all do the same!

Cheers

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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #39 on: January 26, 2017, 06:31:51 pm »
I will be joining you Steve. I will have mine by the end of the weekend.

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Re: Album Cover Bondage
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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #41 on: January 28, 2017, 07:57:41 pm »
So, having gone back through all the sleeves that we’ve uncovered, I’ve come to a decision as to which is my favourite.  And it happens to be the very first one I posted at the beginning of this thread: Pat Benatar’s 1982 album “Get Nervous”.

This was really the album that inspired me to start thinking about creating a list of all the bondage themed album covers in the first place. I have to admit that I actually bought this on LP in the 80s, simply for the cover.  So what’s so fascinating about it? Well, I just love the contrast between the white straitjacket and her black boots and tights, with the plain padded cell background. The album’s entitled “Get Nervous” and I think this aptly describes the look on Pat’s face as she sits on the floor in her helplessness. Her expression shows an uncertainty as to her coming fate; a sort of “What are you going to do to me now” look that highlights her nervousness at the vulnerable state she finds herself in.  (I like to think that, when the photo session was taking place, Pat was really strapped into the jacket so she couldn’t escape. I also like to think that maybe they refused to let her out for a while once the they’d got all the shots they needed; maybe left her there for a couple of hours at least. I know this is doubtful, but I can fantasize, can’t I?)

Although this album is available on CD, to get the full impact you need a copy of the 12” LP version. My LPs are all stacked together side by side, and I make sure that this album is always on the end, so that, every time I walk in the room , Pat is sitting there helplessly gazing at me.

The link below shows the less well known back cover, with Pat standing up in the padded cell, her hair now frizzed up, but with a similarly frightened/bewildered expression on her face. On the floor sit her four (male) band members, holding the arms of the straitjacket outstretched on either side.

http://www.coverdude.com/covers/pat-benatar-get-nervous-1982-inside-cover-66043.jpg

So that’s my vote as favourite Bondage Album Cover of all time. (Oh, and the music’s not bad either!)

If I have to pick a runner up, it would be the Russian duo t.A.T.u’s “Friend or Foe” single sleeve (see link at #13) which features the band’s Julia Volkova and Lena Katina, tied up wearing black tights (do you see a theme developing here?), Although the bondage doesn’t look particularly tight, I love the expression on the girls’ faces; neither delighted or dismayed with their situation. It seems they’re sort of giving out the message, “So we’re tied up, who cares?”

So these are my choices. Let's hear about your favourites.

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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #42 on: January 28, 2017, 08:10:03 pm »
Just discovered this publicity shot from the "Get Nervous" sessions that I hadn't come across before. It shows a view of the back of the straitjacket, which suggests she really was strapped in:

http://sandrine.raspau.pagesperso-orange.fr/pat-benatar-france/photos/Looks/nerv2.jpg
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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #43 on: January 28, 2017, 10:11:56 pm »
My top 5 album covers:

Pat Benatar – Get Nervous
Reason: My age, she was the First Lady of rock-and-roll during my formative years and represented the girl you don’t bring home to meet the folks. That she presented herself as the tough woman yet was willing to appear vulnerable only made her more attractive.
https://cdn1.ykso.co/recordvision/product/pat-benatar-get-nervous/images/d1848c7/1463984483/generous.jpg

Taylor Swift - Mean
Reason: Really?
http://fontmeme.com/images/Mean-by-Taylor-Swift.jpg

Ted Nugent – Love Grenade
Reason: That cover gives me cat scratch fever
http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/32/56/27/7005694/5/960x540.jpg

t. A. T. u. – Friend of Foe
Reason: “You know this is all your fault, right?” 2 women tied together and not gagged, my favorite.
http://www.albumartexchange.com/coverart/gallery/ta/tatu_friendorfoesingle_7323.jpg

Kinky Mink – Tie Me Up for Christmas
Reason: Speaks to the playful bondage that I enjoy so much
https://nancystohlman.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/tie-me-up.jpg

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Re: Album Cover Bondage
« Reply #44 on: January 31, 2017, 01:43:34 am »
My Top Five (In order of preference)

1) Rolling Stones - Black and Blue
Reason - Overhead and wide spread bondage is one of my favorite positions. The limited movement and stretched out and vulnerable position is hot to me.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b2/0e/d3/b20ed3706998052b2bddaffe565019e2.jpg

2) Taylor Swift - Mean
Reason - Well, she is hot for one. Also, she is in a lot of rope. Would've been number one if her hands were bound behind her back.
http://fontmeme.com/images/Mean-by-Taylor-Swift.jpg

3) Grenade Face - Grenade Face
Reason - Other than the fact that the grenades pin is still in place and she is not having to hold the spoon...hold the grenade or untie yourself...not doing both. Great Predicament Bondage.
http://www.albumartexchange.com/coverart/gallery/gr/grenadeface_grenadeface_2s16.jpg

4) Les Incompris (EP)
Reason - Always have been a fan of steel bondage. A 'violin' collar/wrist restraint is one of my favorite due to being quite inescapable and uncomfortable.
https://e.snmc.io/lk/o/l/b79030743bfe7815443566f90f86e3d4/2417147.jpg

5) Discosis - Van Bran 3000
Reason - Again, steel bondage. It would've ranked much higher if her arms were visibly linked to the steel bar running down the front from her collar. Also, her left hand being in her hair shows that they are not.
http://www.albumartexchange.com/coverart/gallery/br/branvan3000_discosis_8r6.jpg

 

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